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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
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Published in:CAVS Listing, "The Australian Faunal Directory"
Synonym Source
Ornithorhynchus fuscus Péron, 1807 synonym
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Published in:Endrödi, S. 1977, "Monographie der Dynastinae. VIII. Tribus: Phileurini (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia)", Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden, vol. 41, 93-134 p121
Ornithorhynchus novaehollandiae Lacépède, 1800 synonym
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Published in:Carne, P.B. 1957, A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), 284 pp., CSIRO, Melbourne p202
Ornithorhynchus anatinus triton Thomas, 1923 synonym
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Published in:Thomas, O. 1923, "The Godman Exploration Fund: List of mammals from north Queensland collected by Mr T.V. Sherrin", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, vol. 11, 170-178 p178
Ornithorhynchus anatinus phoxinus Thomas, 1923 synonym
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Published in:Thomas, O. 1923, "The Godman Exploration Fund: List of mammals from north Queensland collected by Mr T.V. Sherrin", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, vol. 11, 170-178 p176
Ornithorhynchus brevirostris Ogilby, 1832 synonym
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Published in:Ogilby, W. 1832, "On two new species of Mammalia from New Holland", Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 1831, 149-151 p150
Ornithorhynchus laevis Macgillivray, 1827 synonym
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Published in:Macgillivray, W. 1827, "Description of a new species of Ornithorynchus", Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, Edinburgh, vol. 6, 127-132 p132
Ornithorhynchus crispus Macgillivray, 1827 synonym
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Ornithorhynchus rufus Péron, 1807 synonym
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Published in:Péron, F. 1807, Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes, Exécuté par Ordre de Sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi, sur les Corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste, et la Goelette le Casurina, Pendant les Années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Tome premier, xv 498 pp.1 pl. Atlas, Imprimerie Impériale, Paris p498 (unnumbered), Atlas pl. 34
Ornithorhynchus paradoxus Blumenbach, 1800 synonym nom. nov.
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Published in:Blumenbach, J.F. 1800, "Über das Schnabelthier (Ornithorhynchus paradoxus) ein neuentdecktes Geschlecht von Säugthieren des fünften Welttheils", Magazin für den Neuesten Zustand der Naturkunde, vol. 2, 205-214 p205
Platypus anatinus Shaw, 1799 synonym
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Published in:Shaw, G. 1799, Platypus anatinus. The Duck-billed Platypus. The Naturalists' Miscellany: containing accurate and elegant coloured figures of the most curious and beautiful productions of nature; with descriptions in Latin and English in the Linnaean manner. To which are added descriptions more at large, and calculated for general information. No. 118, vol. 10, 7 unnumbered pages of text pls 385-386, F.P. Nodder & Co., London punnumbered
Indigenous Knowledge Name Source
Buubumurr
Dharragarra
Common Name Source
Platypus Australia Australia
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Platypus Australia Australia
Name Source
Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) accepted
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Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ac61fd14-4950-4566-b384-304bd99ca75f Taxon Concept current
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urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:ac61fd14-4950-4566-b384-304bd99ca75f Taxon LSID unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ac61fd14-4950-4566-b384-304bd99ca75f Taxon current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d1042ea7-876d-44ab-9f7b-025c6a6a5e79 Scientific Name current
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http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ac61fd14-4950-4566-b384-304bd99ca75f Taxon unknown
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Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
PROTOTHERIA
order
MONOTREMATA
family
ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE
genus
Ornithorhynchus
species
Ornithorhynchus anatinus
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